Science Journalist

Hello! I’m Katherine, and I’m incredibly curious.

At the moment, I’m writing about health and science for Quartz (qz.com). I’m obsessed with medical history and research, our aging population, and comparative biology.

When I’m not writing for Quartz, I’m planning my next long run.

I also keep a newsletter. I learn a lot that doesn’t fit into my articles. Every week, these scrap facts get a chance to live to see the light of your inbox.

In addition to Quartz, my work has been published in Nature Medicine, Nature Methods, the Atlantic, Motherboard, onEarth, Scholastic, and Scienceline. I’ve attended media fellowships at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Mayo Clinic.

You can see a current list of my stories here—some of my favorites are below.

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Gene Reading

In an eight-part series for Quartz Membership, I dove into the world of direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies like 23andMe and AncestryDNA. PDFs available upon request.

Organoids: a better in vitro model

For this feature for Nature Methods, I explore the world of organoid modeling. Rather than cells in a petri-dish, or in-vivo animal models, these cells show the scaffolding of how organs develop. Paywalled -- PDF available on request.

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Football will keep killing players until we change the way it’s played

There's no denying that American football as it's currently played leads to neurodegenerative disease. I went to Seattle to investigate the companies trying to save players.

Alexa is a terrible doctor

In an original investigation, we found that dozens of Amazon's health-related skills violate their own terms.

What we learned about drinking alcohol in 2018

Why the pharmaceutical industry is giving up the search for an Alzheimer’s cure

Scientists have known about Alzheimer's for over a century, and yet progress to prevent or treat it has stagnated. The research, however, hasn't. It turns out the disease is much more complicated scientists thought.